# De metro comico Section b

Prolegomena De Comoedia, De metro comico, Section b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/prolegomena-de-comoedia/de-metro-comico/Section%20b

τὸ παρὰ τῷ κωμικῷ ἰαμβικὸν μέτρον ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ καὶ τρίτῃ καὶ πέμπτῃ βάσει δέχεται πόδας εʹ· δάκτυλον (–⏑⏑), σπονδεῖον (––), χορεῖον (⏑⏑⏑), ἀνάπαιστον (⏑⏑–) καὶ τὸν ὁμώνυμον ἴαμβον (⏑–), ἐν δὲ τῇ δευτέρᾳ καὶ τετάρτῃ τοὺς ἀπὸ βραχέων ἀρχομένους, οἷον· χορεῖον (⏑⏑⏑), ἀνάπαιστον (⏑⏑–), ἴαμβον (⏑–), ἐν δὲ τῇ ἕκτῃ ἢ ἴαμβον (⏑–) ἢ πυρρίχιον (⏑⏑).

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Prolegomena De Comoedia, De metro comico. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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